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/Southsea Zapcat Grand Prix - Rounds 3 & 4
33 Zapcats headed to the South coast location of Southsea
this weekend to race in The Solent’s unpredictable and testing
racing conditions.
Southsea’s pebbled beach shelves deeply allowing the racing
to occur close in to shore, giving those spectators brave
enough to face the rain storms a fantastic opportunity to
be close to the action.
Racing was fast and furious as the Zapcats made their way
around the T-shaped course. With relentless rain and The Solent’s
rolling swells conditions weren’t the best for racing and
some of the rookie teams were certainly put through their
paces.
The two local teams of Pegasus Vortex Racing, Mick Pritchard
and Baz Minns (Southampton) and Team Pretty Buoy, Bligh Julius
and Charlie Hatfield (Lymington) both had storming weekends
on their home turf. With Bligh and Charlie taking their first
ever Gold place podium in their racing career on the Saturday
and giving a strong battle in Sundays racing to take the bronze
showing promising form for the rest of the season as they
moved their way up to second in the championship standings
despite a disappointing round 2 in Bournemouth.
Pegasus pushed hard all weekend knowing that father and son
team of Greg and Kieron Richardson in Team Suffolk were only
a hand full of points in front of them in the championship
race going into this Grand Prix. Mick and Baz certainly had
their minds set on the top spot in the competition scoring
3 firsts and 2 seconds in their heats and secured the silver
podium position in the final, giving them the championship
lead.
Their prowess continued in Sundays racing as they scored another
3 firsts, a second and a third in their heats and after a
restart in the final edged their way ahead to take their first
Gold Podium position of the contest. This win also awarded
Mick and Baz of Pegasus Vortex Racing the title of Southsea
Zapcat Grand Prix Winners and boosted their lead in the championship
standings to 350 points.
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